Hugo Kubinyi studied chemistry in Vienna, Austria. He earned his PhD and continued as a PostDoc at the German Cancer Research Centre in Heidelberg. In 1986 he was appointed as associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of Heidelberg. He is former Chair of the Cheminformatics and QSAR Society and IUPAC Fellow. In 2006 he received the Herman Skolnik Award. His scientific work resulted in more than 100 publications and seven books.
Raimund Mannhold is Professor for Molecular Drug Research at the University of Düsseldorf, Germany. His scientific interests lie with QSAR studies and related methods to determine and predict drug properties. He is a founding editor of the book series 'Methods and Principles in Medicinal Chemistry' and serves on the editorial boards of several journals in the field of medicinal chemistry and drug design.